International Volunteer Exchange Program

The International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) is a vocational and cultural exchange program. Young adults between the ages of 18 - 30 from 30 countries around the world, come to Canada and the United States for one year, from early August until the following July.

The goals of this program are to:

• Promote international peace and reconciliation
• Help participants understand themselves and others better
• Promote international goodwill, understanding and friendship
• Increase a sense of personal involvement and responsibility in a world of interrelated peoples
• Strengthen bonds of Christian fellowship
• Broaden horizons and views
• Correct stereotypes and misconceptions about other peoples
• Help participants gain vocational skills through a volunteer work placement.